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Our Ostrich Syndrome

Organised demonic widespread terror
Taliban’s view - they’re heroes and martyrs
But for Afghan citizens, all their hopes deplete
Freedom and dignity laid at their conquerors feet

Each nation in their cozy cocoon, looks the other way
Humanity is oblivious to blue skies now turning grey
We are all interconnected, have we not yet learnt
Did not the Chinese virus see the world burnt

Brains have developed but hearts shrunk
Methinks humanity as a whole is now sunk
Memories are short, 9/11 is by now forgotten
Each in self-aggrandization, by power smitten

It’s not about Afghanistan but collective consciousness 
We see in ourselves indifference and callousness 
A far cry yet it seems our cognition spherical
We are cannibals, acts feral and inimical

22-August-2021

Afghanistan Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Kai Michael Neumann

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Beata Agustin September 28, 2021 at 10:08 PM Congrats! Thanks for sharing this... grim reality exposed by your poetic sensibility. God bless you.

Krish Radhakrishna September 26, 2021 at 4:56 AM excellent poem, full of emotion! and true!! congrats on your win! Unseeking Seeker September 26, 2021 at 9:11 AM Thank you, Krish!

Christuraj Alex September 26, 2021 at 4:12 AM "It’s not about Afghanistan but collective consciousness We see in ourselves indifference and callousness " It is true. "We are all interconnected, have we not yet learnt Did not the Chinese virus see the world burnt" Beautiful thinking and consequently flow of thoughts and words and ideas and truths. Congratulations! Unseeking Seeker September 26, 2021 at 9:11 AM Thanks Chris! We are indeed all interconnected, with love enablement life purpose as said by Jesus and all other ascended masters. Wonder how long we’ll take to comprehend this?

Jennifer Fenn August 22, 2021 at 7:03 PM Wow Seeker! Yes, it seems like no one cares about the Afghans, the very people who helped us. We owe it to them to get them to safety and allow them to immigrate to the United States and other countries for better lives. Unseeking Seeker August 22, 2021 at 7:48 PM True, Jennifer. High time we look at all of humanity as one, living in harmony on Mother Earth.

David Kavanagh August 22, 2021 at 1:09 PM Brilliant writing Seeker, I don’t think 9/11 will ever be forgotten, but everything fades over time, your final line I have written so many times about humanity, but do bear in mind these taliban believe they serve a God, just as the crusaders did, I feel sorry for the Afghans, but I have no solution, no more than yourself, and I’m not being disrespectful to you, cheers David David Kavanagh August 23, 2021 at 12:22 AM Just being honest about the situation, and our individual powerlessness to change the outcome, I still like your poem Unseeking Seeker August 22, 2021 at 6:39 PM Yes David, I do accept an astute mind and articulate speaker can win a debate both for and against the motion.

Andrea Dietrich August 22, 2021 at 12:37 PM It’s not about Afghanistan but collective consciousness That part really says it all for me. we have also grown apathetic and I cannot understand how not just the U.SA but all the other countries are able to turn a blind eye to what just happened. I feel so sorry for those who will surely be killed or condemned to a miserable life with those fiends back in power!! Unseeking Seeker August 22, 2021 at 6:40 PM The litmus test always is love. Is the act in resonance with love? Then, we cannot err